StartV. O God, ☩ come to my assistance;R. O Lord, make haste to help me.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.Praise be to thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

Psalms{Psalms for Sunday, antiphons from the Proper of Saints}Ant. Jesus went down with them, * and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.Psalm 118(129-144) [1]118:129(Phe) Thy testimonies are wonderful: * therefore my soul hath sought them.118:130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: * and giveth understanding to little ones.118:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: * because I longed for thy commandments.118:132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, * according to the judgment of them that love thy name.118:133 Direct my steps according to thy word: * and let no iniquity have dominion over me.118:134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: * that I may keep thy commandments.118:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: * and teach me thy justifications.118:136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: * because they have not kept thy law.118:137(Sade) Thou art just, O Lord: * and thy judgment is right.118:138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: * and thy truth exceedingly.118:139 My zeal hath made me pine away: * because my enemies forgot thy words.118:140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: * and thy servant hath loved it.118:141 I am very young and despised; but * I forget not thy justifications.118:142 Thy justice is justice for ever: * and thy law is the truth.118:143 Trouble and anguish have found me: * thy commandments are my meditation.118:144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: * give me understanding, and I shall live.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 118(145-160) [2]118:145(Coph) I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: * I will seek thy justifications.118:146 I cried unto thee, save me: * that I may keep thy commandments.118:147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: * because in thy words I very much hoped.118:148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: * that I might meditate on thy words.118:149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: * and quicken me according to thy judgment.118:150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; * but they are gone far off from thy law.118:151 Thou art near, O Lord: * and all thy ways are truth.118:152 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: * that thou hast founded them for ever.118:153(Res) See my humiliation and deliver me: * for I have not forgotten thy law.118:154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: * quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.118:155 Salvation is far from sinners; * because they have not sought thy justifications.118:156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: * quicken me according to thy judgment.118:157 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; * but I have not declined from thy testimonies.118:158 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; * because they kept not thy word.118:159 Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; * quicken me thou in thy mercy.118:160 The beginning of thy words is truth: * all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 118(161-176) [3]118:161(Sin) Princes have persecuted me without cause: * and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.118:162 I will rejoice at thy words, * as one that hath found great spoil.118:163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; * but I have loved thy law.118:164 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, * for the judgments of thy justice.118:165 Much peace have they that love thy law, * and to them there is no stumbling-block.118:166 I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: * and I loved thy commandments.118:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: * and hath loved them exceedingly.118:168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: * because all my ways are in thy sight.118:169(Tau) Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: * give me understanding according to thy word.118:170 Let my request come in before thee; * deliver thou me according to thy word.118:171 My lips shall utter a hymn, * when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.118:172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: * because all thy commandments are justice.118:173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; * for I have chosen thy precepts.118:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; * and thy law is my meditation.118:175 My soul shall live and shall praise thee: * and thy judgments shall help me.118:176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: * seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.

Chapter Responsory Verse{from the Proper of Saints}Wis 10:10She conducted the just, and showed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.R. Thanks be to God.

R.br. The righteous shall grow * as the lily.R. The righteous shall grow * as the lily.V. Yea, he shall flourish for ever in the presence of the Lord.R. As the lily.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.R. The righteous shall grow * as the lily.

V. Planted in the house of the LordR. In the courts of the house of our God.

Prayer{from the Proper of Saints}V. O Lord, hear my prayer.R. And let my cry come unto thee.Let us pray.Help us, we beseech thee, O Lord, for the sake of the Husband of thy most holy Mother, that what we cannot for ourselves obtain, Thou mayest grant us at his petition.Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.R. Amen